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Attached are the issues presented to the Learning Disability Partnership Board at its meeting on 26th January 2015. As usual, a response will be sought to each of them, and fed back before or at the next meeting.

Professor Luke Clements, national expert on carers and the law, has agreed to return to Kirklees to speak again to local carers about changes in the law which come into effect in March 2015. The event is to be on Wednesday 11th February 2015, from 7.00pm to 9.00pm at Northorpe Barn, Mirfield. Free to carers, but there is a strict limit on numbers, and only those who have booked will be able to attend. Book via Lynne Heighway on 0300 012 0231 or email [email protected] .....but be quick ! Places will go quickly !

South West Yorkshire Foundation Trust is planning significant changes to how their specialist learning disability services work. They have organised a series of events to involve carers and others in the process. The poster gives dates for the events, including a newly organised addition in Batley on 19th November 2014.

At the end of last year (2013) a new supported living setting was established in Mirfield by a group of carers.

In the current climate, it is not easy as a carer to find much to smile about. The support for those we care for is under constant threat, and if they don't get what they need, it falls back on us to make up the difference once again. It becomes hard to stay up-beat, and to avoid sinking into anger and a feeling of helplessness …